Research team

The group is headed by Prof. Martin Maier, the founder and creative director of the Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory. Students and researchers interested in joining or visiting the research group are encouraged to contact Prof. Martin Maier for further information.


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Current research activities focus on the projects listed below. For more technical details the interested reader is referred to our publications


Smart Grid Communications over Über-FiWi Networks
This research project inquires into fiber-wireless access sensor networks, new communications paradigms, migration paths, and implementation models to integrate and efficiently control e-mobility, distributed renewable energy sources, and future smart microgrid technologies.
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Previous projects


Green Video-Dominated P-OTNs
This research explores next-generation P-OTN switch architectures with advanced packet switching capabilities and new forwarding models, paying particular attention to their control, evolutionary migration not only from legacy SONET/SDH TDM but also widely deployed wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) circuit-switched network infrastructures.
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Optical Coding (OC) enabled Carrier-Grade Ethernet Networks
The purpose of this research project is to reconcile a partly sceptical networking community with OC technologies and establish them as a viable next step to enhance carrier-grade Ethernet network architectures with novel OC enabled control plane and OAM processes.
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Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks
This research project investigates the design and performance of future-proof FiWi broadband access network architectures, medium access control and path selection protocols, and scheduling algorithms required to ensure QoS continuity and end-to-end QoS support across heterogeneous optical and wireless platforms.
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